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why can i use the previous page button to go back if private browsing is on. i thought nothing was cached

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scotchbingeington
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how come the previous page button works when private browsing is on. logic would tell me that if no history or cache is kept that firefox shouldn't be able to know what my previous pages were. tell me why this happens or where the cache is kept for firefox to navigate backwords when private browsing is on

how come the previous page button works when private browsing is on. logic would tell me that if no history or cache is kept that firefox shouldn't be able to know what my previous pages were. tell me why this happens or where the cache is kept for firefox to navigate backwords when private browsing is on

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cor-el
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Only the disk cache isn't used. The memory cache is still used. See the about:cache page (via the location bar).

Modified by cor-el